“She dreamed of a world where books did not rot or give way to green blot, where words and ideas were not… — Frances Hardinge Copy Share Image
I don't believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It’s a fair-sized job to write a book that people can be bothered just to read; when they begin to steal copies,… — Ruth Stout Copy Share Image
Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book. — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
In spite of Jean-Jacques and his school, men are not everywhere born free, any more than they are everywhere in chains, unless… — Francis Marion Crawford Copy Share Image
Tré on their first tour bus: It's, like, an ok tour bus and all, but people see book mobile on the side… — Green Day Copy Share Image
A vacuum of ideas affects people differently than a vacuum of air, otherwise readers of books would be constantly collapsing. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was painting furniture, learning to stencil, and explore all kinds of traditional techniques of decoration. I learned from books that I… — Paul Smith Copy Share Image
I think this book, Matthew Desmond's "Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City.", if you have a friend who is a… — Daniel H. Pink Copy Share Image
Heidegger wrote a book called Was Ist Das Ding - What Is a Thing? which was kind of interesting and influential to… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
Writing for the stage is different from writing for a book. You want to write in a way that an actor has… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
As the field of coaching finds its way to becoming a mature discipline, James Flaherty's dedicated field research, study, and sound articulation… — Richard Strozzi-Heckler Copy Share Image
When you read a book, and it's really, really beautiful, you're so engaged you forget to breathe. If you're in a car… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
No men deserve the title of infidels so little as those to whom it has been usually applied; let any of those… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
It's the originality of Pauls Toutonghi's voice and vision that makes this such a remarkable novel. Toutonghi is a true daredevil of… — Skip Horack Copy Share Image
...for reading, once begun, quickly becomes home and circle and court and family, and indeed, without narrative, I felt exiled from my… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I remember reading a book set in the future, it was written in the 1870s projecting to 1920, and this time traveler… — Vivienne Westwood Copy Share Image
I feel like every time I start up, it's like a truck you have to get into 15th gear, so you very… — Chad Harbach Copy Share Image
One writer, for instance, excels at a plan or a title page, another works away at the body of the book, and… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
The TSA tears through your bags at the airport and the NSA watches what books you buy and what you say over… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
The bible must be seen in a cultural context. It didn't just happen. These stories are retreads. But, tell a Christian that… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
I really can't write fantasy. I cannot invent a world which does not exist. And I can't read fantasy either. As soon… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
During really difficult times in my life when I start questioning why I am struggling with something, I often turn to books… — Halle Berry Copy Share Image
Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The less attention I pay to what people want and the more attention I pay to just writing the book I want… — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
“A confident woman knows her worth and so doesn’t fret when her man is highly placed or is often found amidst other… — Agu Jaachynma N.E Copy Share Image
“Once you’ve written a book, it belongs to everyone, and they are all allowed to have opinions, and the spectrum of opinions… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Bad books on writing tell you to "WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW", a solemn and totally false adage that is the reason there… — Joe Haldeman Copy Share Image
In the futile attempts we all make to tidy up our lives and our surroundings, nothing is more difficult than throwing out… — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
“Francie thought that all the books in the world were in that library and she had a plan about reading all the… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
I think the reason we might hesitate to pay cash to students for doing well on tests or getting good grades or… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
I didn't want just a squeaky-clean book that just illuminated my stardom. For me, that would just be such a waste of… — Philip Bailey Copy Share Image
With stand-up, I can have an idea, go down the street to a comedy club and work on it, flesh it out,… — Aziz Ansari Copy Share Image
I've been reading Tanith Lee since I was a teenager, beginning with 'The Birthgrave' and 'The Storm Lord.' Only recently did I… — Neal Asher Copy Share Image
I believe Jack Smith might have written THE BOOK on writing and revising for publication. Clean, direct, succinct--a book that is full… — Virgil Suarez Copy Share Image
There's nothing quite as good as folding up into a book and shutting the world outside.If I pick the right one I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think we're on a journey…It was very easy to write about my past in my book, but writing about the present… — Donna Karan Copy Share Image
I've put on makeup just for fun since I was a really little girl. Now I keep a look book for inspiration… — Allison Williams Copy Share Image
How about I call you when I finish this?” “But you don’t even have my phone number,” he said. “I strongly suspect… — John Green Copy Share Image
“But here, two thousand miles from home, there was a real shipwreck, a real hope. A choice big enough to change our… — Gordon Korman Copy Share Image
